The art of moving light

I'm a light painter. With photography, video and live performances, I've been painting with light since 1992.
My work is about the movement of light cumulating through time and space. My mission is to get the greater public to know what light painting is, and for it to be recognized worldwide as a form of art.

MORA - By Dominic Besner and the MX Gallery

MORA – By Dominic Besner and the MX Gallery

For the live show Mora, I was asked by the MX Gallery to light paint the characters just before they went on stage. The challenge I had was to work quickly, each individual session was only between 5 and 10 minutes. Usually I take three hours to light paint. I...
Light Painting Sculpture - Four dimensional art

Light Painting Sculpture – Four dimensional art

I used my skills as a light painter to work on the idea of a light sculpture. I almost want to say a kinetic light sculpture because of the look and the feeling it gives, but in reality these are all movements done by hand in a studio on a...
Honda Airwave Modulo, Japan 2007

Honda Airwave Modulo, Japan 2007

This project was done for a web campaign for a division of Honda. We took three days of shooting in a car studio shooting photo and video with light painting. This was used for a web interactive video, wall paper  and screen savers on the Honda website. In collaboration with...
Interactive KALEIDOSCOPE... with lights!

Interactive KALEIDOSCOPE… with lights!

We created this interactive  kaleidoscope to give the audience the chance to PLAY and have FUN! It’s that simple. Compilation of performances and interactive events with the light kaleidoscope.   For the Montreal High Lights festival 2011 at the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT). Preparations: In collaboration with Sylvain...
Butoh dancer SAL VANILLA, Tokyo 1998-2001

Butoh dancer SAL VANILLA, Tokyo 1998-2001

I connected with members of Sal Vanilla a Butoh dance group. Butoh is a contemporary dance form born in the sixties. We started a series of collaborations, Light painting at first, then video, then live performances. The collaboration between Sal Vanilla and I, was pure symbiosis. We were like one...
Latest entries
Fragments - test

Fragments – test

Testing the new strobe flash that Aurora Crowley introduced me too, the Metz Megablitz. First I did some self portraits outside. After I tested indoors with Sandra Berube a performer and fire dancer. strobe from Metz.  
IMAGINATION - What do you see?

IMAGINATION – What do you see?

IMAGINATION, like a game, is about the first thing that comes to your mind when you look at these images. Just like looking at clouds or ink spots and seeing a land scape or an animals in them. The title I gave is the first thing that came through my mind when I looked at it. This...
PBS - Light Painting Interview

PBS – Light Painting Interview

This was shot last June while I was in New York for the workshop with Aurora Crowley. Light Painting has been growing significantly for the last decade, now PBS a main stream media channel is talking about our unique form of art. This is an honor and a victory vor all the light painters out...
SUPERNOVAE - Fashion Through the Eye of Light

SUPERNOVAE – Fashion Through the Eye of Light

Link to the Youtube version: http://youtu.be/nl8diNojT70 This is a collaborative multimedia fashion shoot. It started as a fashion shoot between make up artist Nathalie Dodon and I. We were supposed to do what we call a test shoot. The idea was to do a commercial version of light painting for a fashion client my agency and...
LIGHT PAINTING MANIFESTO

LIGHT PAINTING MANIFESTO

I now declare Light Painting as form of art. It is the art of moving light and mixture painting and photography. This art is a new way to express and explore the inner and the unseen. From now on, it is a form of art here, for all of us to enjoy. Light Painting is...
Nude Light Painting

Nude Light Painting

This is a new series I started in 2010. For about 7 years, in the back of my mind, I’ve been searching for the idea, the style, the essence, the direction. Last year after building new tools, I realised they were perfect for the Naked Light Painting series. The idea is to create a world where...
Asa for Michael Buble

Asa for Michael Buble

This was a new kind of job. The guys at Geodezik asked me to make a shoot for the live visuals on the Michael Buble tour. It’s inspired by the painting of Tamara de Lempicka.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_de_Lempicka For this shoot I used Photoshop to create the blurs and to heighten the contrast so I can get the mood we...
Sport shoes - Testing

Sport shoes – Testing

For a while I’ve been thinking of shooting sports items and a sport concept with light energy using light painting. So I started doing some tests with the help Victorine Yokthot and Sylvain Lavoie. Sylvain built a black metal rack to hold up the shoe in different positions.  
Creative shoot with Jennyfer Desbiens + Anicko

Creative shoot with Jennyfer Desbiens + Anicko

Anicko ask me to shoot her new idea with model Jennyfer from Scoop agency. Anicko is responsible for the direction, make-up, hair, creating the head piece and some of the styling. We had Jennyfer bring some of her clothing to complete the styling. Jennyfer also has skills as a mime which enriched her presence and...
Geneviève Borne, TV host

Geneviève Borne, TV host

“What an honour to be light-painted by such a creative and talented artist such as Patrick Rochon! It was a fascinating and unforgettable experience.” -Genevieve Borne, Montreal march 2011 http://genevieveborne.com    
Karine Vanasse, actress

Karine Vanasse, actress

Experimentation, Montreal 2010. This a collaboration I did with actress Karine Vanasse and makeup artist Anicko . This was my first time working with a professional actress. By the quality of her presence, Karine enriched the shooting and influenced my light painting in new creative directions. http://www.karinevanasse.com/ Link to Anicko’s agency Satellite: http://agencesatellite.com/#/maquillage-et-coiffure/anicko    
Publications & Magazines, Japan 1998-2003

Publications & Magazines, Japan 1998-2003

These are some of the works that was published (magazine, poster, CD jacket) while I was in Tokyo. The first shooting I did was for ZYAPPU an art and fashion magazine written in roman character using Japanese words. We did a fashion series shot from the ceiling. With 2 opposite characters on each page. Male...